The recipes of Gordon Ramsay, tried and tested by a fan
I’m Sophie, a British home cook and fan of Gordon Ramsay. I test his recipes in my kitchen and share simple, step-by-step versions anyone can make at home.
Gordon Ramsay’s carbonara is smoky bacon, egg yolks, crème fraîche, and Parmesan tossed through spaghetti with mushrooms, peas, and a hit of fresh chilli. Ready in under 10 minutes if you move fast. This recipe comes from his Ramsay in 10 cookbook and the famous lockdown YouTube video with 7 million views, where he races …
Gordon Ramsay’s bacon jam is smoky, sweet, and sticky, made by simmering crispy bacon with caramelised onions, brown sugar, maple syrup, and a shot of freshly brewed coffee. It takes about 2 hours of low heat but most of that is hands-off. This recipe comes from Ramsay’s official website and his YouTube Shorts, where he …
Gordon Ramsay’s parsnip purée is silky smooth, made by caramelising parsnips in butter before simmering them in milk and blitzing until completely smooth. Rich, sweet, and ready in about 25 minutes. This uses Ramsay’s root vegetable purée technique from the Great Escape cookbook, where he sautés celeriac and carrots in butter, simmers them in milk, …
Gordon Ramsay’s chocolate brownies are rich, fudgy squares made with 245g of dark chocolate, two types of sugar, and a crackly crust hiding melted chocolate pockets inside. Ready in under an hour, and they make 15 to 20 pieces from one tin. This is his “World’s Best Brownies” recipe from the Bread Street Kitchen cookbook. …
Gordon Ramsay’s blondies recipe is a fudgy white chocolate bake loaded with dried cranberries and a crisp golden crust, ready in under 50 minutes. One of the simplest bakes in his entire cookbook library, and honestly one of the best. This comes straight from his Ultimate Cookery Course, where he describes blondies as “a white …
This key lime pie is a buttery digestive biscuit base filled with a tangy lime and condensed milk custard, baked gently and chilled until set, topped with softly whipped cream. It takes 20 minutes to make and needs at least 6 hours in the fridge. Serves 8. Gordon doesn’t have a published key lime pie …
Gordon Ramsay’s pie crust is a simple shortcrust pastry: 400g flour, 200g cold butter, a pinch of salt and just under 100ml of ice water, blitzed in a food processor for 15 to 20 seconds and chilled for 30 minutes. It makes enough for a full pie with a base and a lid. He’s blunt …
Gordon Ramsay’s pork pie is a proper British raised pie with hot water crust pastry, filled with minced belly and shoulder pork mixed with sausagemeat, sage, juniper berries and lemon zest. Makes eight individual pies you can eat warm or cold with piccalilli and a pint. Takes about two hours including chilling. This is his …
Gordon Ramsay’s cheese and onion pie is layers of blanched potato and sweated onion packed with Montgomery Cheddar, wrapped in shortcrust pastry and baked until golden and crisp. It’s a free-form pie, no tin needed, baked straight on a baking sheet. Ready in about an hour, serves four. This is his recipe from Great British …
Gordon Ramsay’s venison pie is haunch of venison braised in red wine with leeks, baby onions, carrots and mushrooms, topped with a sweet potato and Desirée mash with Double Gloucester cheese and baked until golden. It takes about an hour and a half and feeds four to five. The sweet potato topping is what makes …